this post was submitted on 03 May 2026
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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 76 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What's funnier, quality too low or too high?

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Too fake, just like the post.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Too many comments (fills the context window)

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah stupid comments that explain things. Fuck useful naming conventions too. Why don’t we all just code in binary machine language? Why have the AIs write in a higher level language and then compile or interpret it? Just have them code in 1s and 0s directly. Then they could exploit certain low level operations making it even more difficult to figure out what they are doing?

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 17 hours ago

Too long didn't train the AI on it

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just recently intervened before we introduced a new XML attribute named "max".

There's also one called "quantity", and no, it doesn't describe an inventory.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 27 points 1 day ago

Negative examples are also useful when training AIs.

[–] someone@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 day ago

So warm and cozy, it was indeed written with love and respect to gently ruin someone's day.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

nods approvingly